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The 2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake was a magnitude 7.4 MW earthquake that struck southern Mexico at 12:02 local time (18:02 UTC) on Tuesday, 20 March 2012. Its epicenter was near Ometepec, in the border between the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. With a shallow focus of 15 to 20 km, the earthquake caused strong shaking over a large area along the Oaxaca–Guerrero border and the adjacent Pacific coastline. Significant tremors were felt in areas up to several hundred kilometers away, including Mexico City and also in Guatemala. Two people were killed and over 30,000 houses were damaged or destroyed.

BBC article released that day.

A large earthquake has struck near Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake had a magnitude of 7.6 and put the epicentre at 15 miles (525 km) east of Ometepec, in Guerrero state.

Witnesses said buildings swayed in the capital, Mexico City, sending office workers rushing out onto the streets.

It was not immediately clear whether the earthquake had caused any significant damage.

The BBC's Will Grant, in Mexico City, says buildings swayed for at least a minute.

Office workers and residents were sent running into the streets in wealthy districts and poor neighbourhoods alike, he reports.

Sirens could be heard across the city, and police helicopters are crisscrossing the skies.

Mobile phone networks have been affected, our correspondent says.

source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17452834

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MEXICO CITY — A strong, long 7.6-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico and swayed buildings in Mexico City Tuesday. It was followed by a 4.8-magnitude aftershock, according to Mexico's national seismological agency.

Plaster fell from ceilings and windows broke in the city center, but President Felipe Calderon said there were no immediate reports of major damage.

Frightened workers and residents poured into the streets of the capital just minutes after noon local time (18:02 GMT).

Telephone service was down in the city and throughout the area where the quake was felt.

"I have problems with pressure, I felt I was going to faint," said Rosa Maria Lopez Velazquez, 62, outside a mall in Mexico City.

The quake was felt strongly in southern Oaxaca state next to the epicenter in Guerrero.

"It was very strong, but we didn't see anything fall," said Irma Ortiz, who runs a guesthouse in Oaxaca. She said their telephones are down, and that the quake shook them side-to-side.

The U.S. Geological Survey set the intensity of the first quake at 7.6 and said the epicenter was 11 miles underground. Mexico's National Seismological Survey said the trembler had an epicenter southwest of Ometepec in Guerrero state.

Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard's Twitter account said the water system and other "strategic services" were not experiencing problems.

Groups of women hugged and cried at Mexico City's Angel of Independence monument, where hundreds of people evacuated from office buildings said they never had felt such a strong earthquake. Others typed ferociously on their Blackberries.

Samantha Rodriguez, a 37-year old environmental consultant, was evacuated from the 11th floor on the Angel Tower office building.

"I thought it was going to pass rapidly but the walls began to thunder and we decided to get out," she said.

Mexico City's airport was closed for a short time but there was no damage to runways and operations were returning to normal.

http://www.statesman.com/news/nation...rss_news_43552

[Ed Gein]

[Azimuth]

All I could think of when I saw this was: Bryan, you LOSE!!!!

[kellyhound]

good thing they build earthquake proof skyscrapers etc.

[BryanXavier]

Don't want to talk about it....

[niknik]

I like my margaritas shaken

[BryanXavier]

Hey the rockets have not even launched yet. (Third time I've posted this...a little defensive...)

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/su...ons/atrex.html

[paingiver]

I wonder if this is the quake me and everyone else predicted. Or is it a precursor to another more powerful one. Since 2010 there has been a quake of substantial magnitude every 188 days or so.
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...l912l3.3.1l7l0

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by BryanXavier ↗

Don't want to talk about it....

C'mere, let me hold you.